John Timu

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John Timu

Personal information
Full name	John Kakuhura Raymond Timu
Date of birth	(1969-05-08) 8 May 1969
Place of birth	Dannevirke, New Zealand
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	82 kg (12 st 13 lb)
School	Lindisfarne College
University	University of Otago
Youth clubs
Years Club Taieri
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points) 1988–1995 1995–1997 1998–2000 Otago (Union) Canterbury Bulldogs (League) London Broncos (League) 101 (340) 61 (78) 60 (44)
Representative teams
1988–1994 1995–2000 All Blacks Kiwis 26 (31) 9 (20)
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only.

John Timu (born 8 May 1969) is a retired professional rugby league and rugby union footballer of the 1980s and 90s.

Timu's position of choice was as a centre. In union he would play at full-back or on the wing.

He achieved international selection for New Zealand in both rugby codes, appearing in 26 tests for the All Blacks in union and nine for the Kiwis in league.

He played representative rugby for Otago in union and the Canterbury Bulldogs and London Broncos in league. Timu played in the centres for Canterbury in their Grand Final victory of the 1995 Winfield Cup.

Timu played club rugby for the Taieri Eels who are based at Peter Johnstone Park in the town of Mosgiel when plying his trade for Otago

He now operates a building company in the Otago town of Wanaka and was the 'star' attraction at the Taieri clubs 125th jubilee celebrations in 2008.

External links

• John Timu at AllBlacks.com
• Canterbury Bulldogs profile
• NRL points
• Rugby League Project stats
• Timu to quit rugby league
• John Timu at rugbymuseum.co.nz